25 mesmerising colour photographs of people in the 19th century

The following images show men, women and children during the 1890s - and in colour. They were created using the Photochrom technique pioneered by Photoglob Zürich AG, which sees colour manually added to black-and-white negatives. The Swiss firm licensed the process to others, such as the Detroit Photographic Company in the US and the Photochrom Company of London. Here are some of the most striking produced during the period, starting with this shot of a family from Vesterålen in Norway.